Hotfix 1 doesn't work for me - deep6.exe error.
This is no complaint or request for help: The reason is very likely that I'm using the unofficial patch 1.0, the Town AVI fix and Ludmeister's Mod, which means the deep6.exe is different from the one GOG uses.
I have also never suffered from the mouse lag or the Gareth encounter problem mentioned in GOG's change log.
My question is: What is the relationship between the GOG hotfixes and the unofficial patches / mods I'm using? Is there a reason to prefer the current GOG version over my personal installation (except that I'll never been able to install GOG patches as long as I don't uninstall my patches)? Let me add that I do like the modifications of Ludmeister's Mod, which improve the role-playing experience for me.
And does anyone know if Ludmeister's Mod can be installed after and is compatible with the 2 recent hotfixes?
In case someone is interested:
- The unofficial patch 1.0 is from Heuristic Park (developer of W&W) and "provides numerous bugfixes that were present in the commercially licensed version by Activision". I still don't know if GOG is using this patch, but it's applicable to the GOG version, so the answer is possibly no.
- The Town AVI fix was created by Ludmeister who "rendered the town AVIs using VirtualDub v1.6.15. They replace the game’s original town AVI files, to restore full functionality to towns when running the game in Windows XP."
I had this problem in the past, and the fix solved it perfectly.
- Ludmeister's Mod "changes slightly the skills and magic books that some classes open, and makes level ups a bit more helpful, skill-wise. It modifies the items, weapons, and armor in the game, as well as the treasure drops. Many items are now stackable that weren’t, and almost all non-quest related weapons and armor are enchantable. It also removes the infamous "smite party now" attack that Amazoni Mantraps and Jungle Lilies had."
(for details see
http://www.jeffludwig.com/wizardswarriors/download.php)